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Chronological list of recordings featuring

Jack Walrath

1980-84
1985-89
1990-94
1995-
Up to 1980

Berklee School of Music - Volume XII - Berklee BLP 12
Recorded 1968/69, Boston, MA
Collective personnel James Bossert, Stanton Davis, Jr., Jay DeWald, Darryl Eaton, Peter Pantalok, Mike Price, Larry Pyatt, Jack Walrath, George Zonce, tp; Robert Agnew, Dave Dannenberg, Rolf Johnson, tp, flh; Sam Burtis, Andrew Cohen, Larry Fisher, Michael Gibson, Anthony Lada, David Matlock, Wayne Mogul, James Seaman, Rick Stepton, Jason Stock, tb; Stanley Opatka. frh; Larry Monroe, Joe Seidman, Richard Centalonza, Richie Cole, Alex Elin, Gary Anderson, Roger Neumann, Edward Fiorenza, Pat LaBarbera, Barry Nettles, Dave Mott, Harry Drabkin rds; Alan Broadbent, Harvey Diamond, Cedric Lawson, p; Calvin Hill, Yasuo Arakawa, Rick Laird, George Mraz, Miroslav Vitous (b;) Jeff Brillinger, Artie Cabral, Arthur Gore, Eugene Roam, d; Herb Pomeroy cond.

Charles Mingus - Changes 1 & 2 - Atlantic SD 1677/1678
Recorded December 1974, New York City.
Jack Walrath, tp; George Adams, ts; Don Pullen, p; Mingus, b; Dannie Richmond, d.

Richmond, Dannie - Jazz a confronto 25 - Horo HLL 101-25
Recorded July 1975, Rome, Italy
Jack Walrath, tp; George Adams, ts; Don Pullen, p; Irio de Paula, g; David Friesen, b; Richmond, d; Afonso Vieira, perc.

Charles Mingus - Keystone Korner - Jazz Door 1219
Recorded April 1976, San Francisco CA
Jack Walrath, tp; George Adams, ts; Don Pullen, p; Mingus, b; Dannie Richmond, d.

Charles Mingus - Cumbia & jazz fusion - Atlantic SD 8801
Recorded March/April 1976, Rome, Italy & March 1977, New York City
In Rome Jack Walrath, tp; Dino Piana, tb; Quarto Moltoni, as; George Adams, ts, fl; Pasquale Sabatelli, bassoon; Danny Mixon, p, org; Mingus, b; Dannie Richmond, d.
In New York Jack Walrath, tp; Jimmy Knepper, tb; Ricky Ford, ts; four woodwinds; Bob Neloms, p; Mingus, d; Dannie Richmond, d; five percussion.

Charles Mingus - 3 or 4 shades of blue - Atlantic SD 1700
Recorded March 1977, N.Y.C.
Jack Walrath, tp; Sonny Fortune, as; George Coleman, Ricky Ford, ts; Bob Neloms, Jimmy Rowles, p; Philip Catherine, Larry Coryell, John Scofield, g; Ron Carter, Mingus, George Mraz, b; Dannie Richmond, d; Paul Jeffrey, arr.
Composite personnel.

Charles Mingus - The Charles Mingus Memorial Album - Burning Desire MBDRM 010
Recorded July 1977?
Jack Walrath, tp; Ricky Ford ts; Bob Neloms, p; Mingus, b; Dannie Richmond, d.
Details of venue doubtful, titles on liner misleading

Charles Mingus - Stormy & funky blues - Moon MCD 064
Recorded 1976??? Milan, Italy
Jack Walrath, tp; Ricky Ford ts; Bob Neloms, p; Mingus, b; Dannie Richmond, d.
Walrath appears on one of five cuts: the remainder recorded by earlier Mingus groups without JW . This is the band that toured Europe in 1977.

Charles Mingus - Lionel Hampton presents the music of Charles Mingus - Who's who in jazz WWLP 21005
Recorded November 1977, New York City
Jack Walrath, Woody Shaw, tp; Ricky Ford, ts; Paul Jeffrey, ts, arr; Gerry Mulligan, ss, bs; Peter Matt, fr-h; Lionel Hampton, vb; Bob Neloms, p; Mingus, b; Dannie Richmond, d.
Album also issued as "His final work" on Mondane CL 87004, and as "The Unique" on ACrobat ACRCD 704

Charles Mingus - Me myself an eye - Atlantic SD 8805
Charles Mingus - Something like a BIrd - Atlantic SD 8803
Recorded January 18th-23rd 1978, N.Y.C.
Jack Walrath, tp, arr; Randy Brecker, Mike Davis, tp; Slide HAmpton, Jimmy Knepper, Keith O'Quinn, tb; Ken Hitchcock, Lee Konitz, Charles McPherson, Akira Ohmori, Yoshiakai Malta, George Coleman, Daniel Block, Mike Brecker, Rickey Ford, John Tank, Pepper Adams, Ronnie Cuber, Craig Purpura, rds; Ken Werner, Bob Neloms, p; Larry Coryell, Ted Dunbar, Danny Toan, Jack Wilkins, g; Eddie Gomez, George Mraz, b; Joe CHambers, Dannie Richmond, dm; Ray Mintilla, Sammy Figueroa, Paul Jeffrey, arr.
Collective personnel for three sessions, JW on all three

Jack Walrath - Demons in pursuit - Gatemouth 1002 - 1979
Recorded August 1979, Englewood Cliffs NJ
Jack Walrath, tp; Jim McNeely, p; John Scofield, g; Ray Drummond, b; Dannie Richmond, d

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1980-84

Charli Persip & Gerry LaFurn's Superband - Stash ST 209
Recorded 1980, New York City
17 piece band, inc. Gerry LaFurn, Jack Walrath, tp; Bob Porcelli, Monty Walters, Gary Smulyan, rds; Bob Stewart, tu; Gary Dial, p; Cameron Brown, b; Charli Persip, d.

Montana - With Jack Walrath - Labor LAB 5
Recorded January 6th 1980, Missoula MT
Jack Walrath, tp; Chuck Florence, ss, ts; Bob Nell, p; Kelly Robert, b; Jim Honaker, d.
Reissued on CD with additional material as Jack Walrath in Montana on The Jazz Alliance TJA10030

Richmond, Dannie - Plays Charles Mingus - Timeless SJP 148
Recorded August 1980, Bologna, Italy
Jack Walrath, tp; Ricky Ford, ts; Bob Neloms, p; Cameron Brown, b; Richmond, d.

Richmond, Dannie - Quintet - Gatemouth 1004
Recorded September 24th 1980, Englewood Cliffs NJ
Jack Walrath, tp; Ricky Ford, ts; Bob Neloms, p; Cameron Brown, b; Richmond, d.
Reissued with an additional (alternative) selection on CD Landmark LCD 1537

Saheb Sarbib Big Band - Live at the Public Theater - Cadence CJR 1001
Recorded October 17th 1980, N.Y.C.
22-piece band including Jack Walrath, tp; Jemeel Moondoc, Mark Whitecage, as; Saheb Sarbib, b; Guilhermo Franco, perc.

Ford, Ricky - Tenor of the times - Muse MR 5250
Recorded April 6th & July 1st 1981, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Jack Walrath, tp; Ford, ts; Al Dailey, p; Rufus Reid b; Jimmy Cobb d.
Walrath on one of seven selections

Charli Persip & Superband - - Natasha 4028
Recorded October 10th & 13th 1980, N.Y.C.
18 piece band inc. Jack Walrath, tp; Bob Porcelli, Monty Waters, as; Bill Saxton, ts; Gary Smulyan, bs; Bob Stewart, tu; Gary Dial, p; Cameron Brown, b; Charli Persip, d.

Jack Walrath - Revenge of the fat people - Stash ST 221
Recorded May 1981, N.Y.C.
Jack Walrath, tp; Ricky Ford, ts; Michael Cochrane, p; Cameron Brown, b; Mike Clark, d.

Richmond, Dannie - 3 or 4 shades of Dannie Richmond - Tutu CD 888120
Recorded July 1981, Muenster, Germany
Jack Walrath, tp; Kenny Garrett, as; Bob Neloms, p; Cameron Brown, b; Dannie Richmond, d.

Sam Rivers' Rivebea Orchestra - Jazzbühne Berin v.10: Evocation Suite - Repertoire PRECD 4910-CC
Recorded June 13th 1982, Berlin, Germany
Jack Walrath, Oliver Beener, tp; Dick Griffin, Robin Eubanks, Douglas Purviance, tb; Vincent Chancey, frh; Patience Higgins, fl, bs; Sam Rivers, ss, ts, fl, p; Anthony Cox, b; Eli Fountain, d.

Jack Walrath - In Europe - Steeplechase SCS 1172
Recorded July 1982, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jack Walrath, tp; Glenn Ferris, tb; Michael Cochrane, p; Anthony Cox, b; Jimmy Madison d.

Jack Walrath - Plea for sanity - Stash ST 223
Recorded September 1982, West New York, NJ
Jack Walrath, tp; Michael Cochrane, p; Anthony Cox, b.

Richmond, Dannie - Dionysus - Red(I) VPA 161
Recorded May 1983, Milan, Italy
Jack Walrath, tp; Ricky Ford, ts; Bob Neloms, p; Cameron Brown, b; Richmond, d.

Jack Walrath - Quintet at "Umbria Jazz Festival" vols. 1& 2 - Red(I) VPA 182 & VPA 186
Recorded July 1983, Perugia, Italy.
Jack Walrath, tp; Glenn Ferris, tb; Michael Cochrane, p; Anthony Cox, b; Mike Clark, d.

Charli Persip & Superband II - In case you missed it - Soul Note(I) SN 1079
Recorded September 12th-13th 1984
18 piece band inc. Eddie J Allen, Jack Walrath, tp; Bobby Watson, Monty Waters, as; Bill Saxton, ts; Fred Houn bs; Anthony Cox, b; Persip, d.

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1985-89

Jack Walrath - Wholly trinity - Muse MR 5362
Recorded March & April 1986, New York
Jack Walrath, tp; Chip Jackson, b; Jimmy Madison d.

Spirit Level with Jack Walrath - Killer bunnies - Spotlite SPJ 25
Recorded May 1986, Wokingham, England
Jack Walrath, tp; Paul Dunmall, ts; Tim Richards, p; Paul Anstey, b; Tony Orrell, d.
Reissued, in part, on Spirit Level compilation double CD Gret Spirit - 33 JAZZ 33JAZZ051

Jack Walrath - Master of suspense - Blue Note BLJ 46905
Recorded Septembet 1986, New York
Jack Walrath, tp; Steve Turre, tb; Kenny Garrett, as, Carter Jefferson, ts; James Williams, p; Anthony Cox, b; Ronnie Burrage, d.
and on two cuts, Willie Nelson, g, vo;

Charli Persip & Superband - No dummies allowed - Soul Note(I) 121 179
Recorded November 19th & 25th 1987, N.Y.C.
18 piece band inc. Jack Walrath, tp; Darrell Grant, p; Charli Persip, d.

Jack Walrath - Neohippus - Blue Note CDP7 91101
Recorded August 1988, New York City
Jack Walrath, tp; Rick Margitza, ts; Carter Jefferson, ts; James Williams, p; John Abercrombie, g; Anthony Cox, b; Ronnie Burrage, d.

Clark, Mike - Give the drummer some - Stash ST 22
Recorded 1989, New York City
Jack Walrath, tp; Ricky Ford, ts; Neal Kirkwood, p; Jack Wilkins, g; Chip Jackson, b; Clark, d.
JW present on seven of ten cuts

Schuller, Gunther - Mingus Epitaph - CBS 466631
Recorded 1989, Lahaska PA
Thirty piece orchestra

Lou Rawls - At last - Columbia C2K 45428
Recorded January & March 1989, N.Y.C.
Lou Rawls, vo; acc. by Jack Walrath, tp,flh; Steve Turre, Robin Eubanks, tb; Bobby Watson, as, arr; David Newman, Stanley Turrentine, ts; Howard Johnson, bs; Bobby Hutcherson, vb; Richard Tee, bs; Steve Khan, Cornell Dupree, g; Tinker Barfield, b; Chris Parker, d; Dianne Reeves, Ray Charles, vo; George Benson, vo, g; The Lou-Rettes, background vo; Bobby Scott, arr; strings dir. by Jesse Levy

Muhal Richard Abranms - Hearinga suite - Black Saint 120 103
Recorded January 17th-18th 1989, N.Y.C.
18 piece ensemble

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1990-94

Jack Walrath - Out of the tradition - Muse MCD 5403
Recorded May 1990, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Jack Walrath, tp; Larry Coryell, g; Benny Green, p; Anthony Cox, b; Ronnie Burrage, d.

Jack Walrath - Gut feelings - Muse MCD 5422
Recorded September 1990, New York Cityv
Jack Walrath, tp; Carter Jefferson, ss, ts; Michael Cochrane, p; Anthony Cox, b; Ronnie Burrage, d; The Hiraga Strings

Abrams, Muhal Richard - Blu blu blu - Black Saint 120117
Recorded November 1990 New York City
Fifteen piece ensemble.

The Jazz Tribe - Red(I) RR 123254
Recorded December 1990, La Spezia, Italy
Jack Walrath, tp; Bobby Watson, as; Walter Bishop Jr, p; Charles Fambrough, b; Joe Chambers, d; Ray Mantilla, perc; and on one of nine selections Steve Grossman, ts.

Mingus Dynasty - The next generation - Columbia CK 47405
Recorded 1991
Jack Walrath, tp; Craig Handy, fl, ts; George Adams, ts; Alex Foster, rds; John Hicks or Benny Green, p; Ray Drummond, b; Victor Lewis or Marvin "Smitty" Smith, d; Eric Mingus, vo.
Collective personnel. The pre-recorded voice of the late Charles Mingus features on two cuts.

Miles Davis & Quincy Jones - Live at Montreux
Recorded July 8th 1991, Montreux, Switzerland
Miles Davis, Wallace Roney, tp; Kenny Garrett, as; The Gil Evans Orchestra, The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, Quincy Jones, cond.
JW plays as a member of the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band

Bob Nell - Why I like coffee - New World 80419
Recorded November 1991, New Yorl City
Jack Walrath, tp; Ray Anderson tb; Bob Nell, p; Kelly Roberts, b; Brad Edwards, d.

New York Composers Orchestra - First program in standard time - New World 80418
Recorded January 1992, N.Y.C.
Eddie Allen, Steve Bernstein, Jack Walrath, tp; Art Baron, Ray Anderson, tb; Vincent Chancey, frh; Cleave E. Guyton Jr., Robert DeBellis, Doug Wieselman, Marty Ehrlich, Sam Furnace, rds; Robin Holsomb, p; Wayne Horvitz, kbs; Lindsey Horner, b; Bobby Previte, d.

Jack Walrath - Serious hang - Muse MCD 5475
Recorded April 1992, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Jack Walrath, tp; Don Pullen, org; David Fiuczynski, g; Michael Formanek, b; Cecil Brooks III, d.

City Brass Orchestra - Sicilian jazz collection vol.3 - Splasc(h) CDH 413
Recorded April 1992 Catania, Italy
Giovanni La Ferita, Maurizio Agosta, Giuseppe Privitera, Enzo Gulizia, Jack Walrath, tp; Camillo Pavone, Benvenuto Ramaci, Filippo Nascone Pistone, Salvo Distefano, tb; Orazio Maugeri, Umberto Di Pietro, as; Salvo Famiani, Ercole Tringali, ts; Antonio Russo, bs; Giuseppe Emmanuele, p; Nello Toscano, b; Pucci Nicosia, d.
This group plays one selection from the CD.

Pee Wee Ellis - Blues mission - Gramavision R2-79486
Recorded May 1992, N.Y.C.
Jack Walrath, tp; Tyrone Jefferson, tb; Pee Wee Ellis, ts; Masabumi Kikuchi, org; Jean-Paul Bourelly, g; Darryl Jones, b; Clyde Stubblefield, d.

Jim Payne's New York Funk, Vol.1 - Gramavision R2-79489
Recorded February-July 1992
Jack Walrath, tp; Craig Handy, ts; David Fiuczynski, g; Jeff Pittson, kbs; Lonnie Plaxico, b; Mike Clark, d, and on one song, vo.
Notes. This band, led by Clark, plays four out of 12 selections on this compilation.

Jack Walrath - Portraits in ivory..brass - Mapleshade MS 0203
Recorded June 1992, Upper Marlboro MD
Jack Walrath, tp; Larry Willis, p; Steve Novosel, b.

Suzanne Pittson - Blues and the abstract truth - Vineland VLCD7753
Recorded August 6th-8th 1992, San Francisco, CA
Suzanne Pittson, vo; acc by Jack Walrath, tp,flh; Jeff Pittson, p; Harvie Swartz, b; Mike Clark, d.

Manhattan New Music Project - Mood swing - Soul Note 121 207
Recorded September 1992, New York City
Ron Tooly, Jack Walrath, tp; Dave Taylor, tb; Tom Varner, fr-h; Bruce Williamson, Chuck Clark, Tim Reis, rds; Nel Kirkwood, p; Paul Nash, g; Jeffrey Carney, b; James Haddad, d; three strings.

George Gruntz Conceert Jazz Band - Beyond another wall - TCB 9410
Recorded November 1992

Muhal Richard Abrams - Familytalk - Black Saint 120 132
Recorded February & March 1993, New York City
Jack Walrath, tp; Patience Higgins, ts, b-cl, eng-h; Warren Smith vb, perc; Abrams, kbs; Brad Jones, b; Reggie Nicholson, d, perc.

Mingus Big Band - Nostalgia in Times Square - Dreyfus FDM 36559
Recorded March 1st 1993

Cecil Brooks III - Smokin' jazz - Muse MCD 5521
Recorded June 18th & 19th 1993 Montclair, NJ
Jack Walrath, p; Antonio Hart, as; Ravi Coltrane, ts; Stephen Scott, p; Lonnie Plaxico, b; Cecil Brooks III, d.

Joe Lovano - Rush hour - Blue Note CDP7 29269
Recorded April or June 1994, New York City
Walrath appears in a large ensemble conducted by Gunther Schuller on four of thirteen cuts

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1995-

John Tank - So in love - TCB 95602
Recorded February 6th 1995, N.Y.C.
Jack Walrath, tp; John Tank, ts, ss; Kenny Drew Jr., p; Ron McClure, b; Marvin "Smitty" Smith, d.

Jack Walrath - Hipgnosis - TCB 01062
Recorded March 1995, Zurich, Switzerland
Jack Walrath, tp, flh; David Fiuczynski, g; Hill Green b; Cecil Brooks III, d; Dean Bowman, vo.

Jack Walrath and Hard Core - Journey, Man! - Evidence ECD 22150
Recorded November 1995, N.Y.C.
Jack Walrath, tp; Craig Handy, ts, ss; Bobby Watson, as; Kenny Drew, Jr., p; Ray Drummond, b; Victor Lewis, d.

Jack Walrath & Miles Griffith - Get hit in your soul - ACT 9246
Recorded September 16th 1996, Cologne, Germany
Jack Walrath, tp; Bill Bickford, g; Dennis Mackrel, d; Miles Griffiths, vo; WDR Big Band; Mile Griffiths Singers; Bill Dobbins, cond.

Bernard Purdie's Soul to Jazz II - ACT 9253
Recorded January 24th 1997
Jack Walrath, tp; Vincent Herring, as; Howard Johnson, bs; Benny Green, p; Cornell Dupree, George Naha, g; Stanley Banks, b; Bernard Purdie, d; Pancho Morales, cga.
This group plays one out of nine selections: remainder without JW.

Frank Lowe Quintet - Soul Folks - No More No.10
Recorded February 26th 1998
Jack Walrath, tp; Frank Lowe, ts; Bertha Hope, p; Steve Neil, b; Ralph Peterson, d.

Mike Clark - Summertime - Jazzkey Music no. number
Recorded June & July 1999, N.Y.C.
Jack Walrath, tp; Chris Potter, ss, ts; Bob Sheppard, ts; Billy Childs, p; Robert Hurst, James Genus, b; Mike Clark, d.

Upper Austrian Jazz Orchestra - You got my wife, but I got your dog - EmArcy 066 647
Recorded 2000, Switzerland and Austria.
Jack Walrath, Rudolf Pilz, Andy Pesendorfer, Bumi Fian, Wolfgang Mang, tp; Dominick Stoger, Anti Rissanen, Christian Kastenhuber, Karl Wagner, tb; Klaus Dickbauer, Franz Bachner, Christian Maurer, Christian Bachner, Erhard Blach, rds; Helmar Hill, p; Frank Schwinn, g; Christian Steiner, b; Alfred Vollbauer, d.

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